Meat as poison debate at Faneuil Hall speech
Eugene Christian a New York food scientist told a Boston audience that meat shortens life and that diet shapes character. He cited inhuman slaughter causes and contrasted carnivores with herbivores, urging vegetable eating and questioning meat’s necessity. Rabbi Fleischer and Charles Haskell added views on cost of living and nutrition. He also labeled candy consumption as harmful as whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Christian
New York
Faneuil Hall
Isidor Phillips
Mr. Christian
Charles Courtney Haskell
Norwich
Conn
Charles Fleischer
Boston
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Meat Trust
Rabbi Fleischer
Christian
Life span scale argues civilization cuts age to forty
A thinker claims animal life spans imply humans mature in 24 years yet die around 40 in civilized societies. He argues most human disorders stem from food and drink errors and cites meat consumption as the greatest evil of all foods.
Cadum said to cure eczema and skin diseases
A chemist proves eczema is a skin disease not a blood disorder and introduces Cadum as a decisive remedy. He claims Cadum halts itching immediately and restores skin in two to three weeks, with trials available in small 10 cent boxes and larger 25 cent boxes. It is marketed for eczema and many skin ailments.
Commercial Cable to Lay Sixth Transatlantic Cable
George G. Ward announces that the Commercial Cable Company will at once lay an additional transatlantic cable to meet demand for faster service. This will be the sixth cable owned between Europe and America, greatly accelerating transatlantic transmissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George G. Ward
Commercial Cable Company
Commercial
Europe
America
Whose Child Is This in The Post Photo Contest
The Boston Post announces a weekly photo contest offering a five dollar gold piece to any school child identified by name and present at the City Editor's office in Boston. Recipients Catherine Reed Harriet Denehy Jeanette Curtis share details of ages addresses and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
North End
The
Greater Boston
Washington Street
Catherine Reed
Woodward Avenue
Quincy
Robert Reed
Cranch School
Miss Crane
Harriet Denehy
Charles Denehy
Albany Street
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Miss Tavender
Jeanette Curtis
Centre Street
Roxbury
H. P. Curtis
Underwood School
Miss Russell
Connecticut Valley Trolley Workers Demand 50 Cent Day Raise
Nearly 5000 trolley workers in the Connecticut valley plan to seek a 50 cent daily wage increase by mid March. If denied, indications point to a general strike and shutdown of street railways across the valley and western Massachusetts, except Holyoke and areas north of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Connecticut Valley
Central
Massachusetts
Holyoke
Diapepsin Promises Quick Relief From Indigestion
A magazine style ad describes Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless remedy that digests any meal, ends indigestion in five minutes, and relieves sour stomach heartburn gas belching and related symptoms. It warns against misdiagnosis and claims the product cures discomfort by aiding digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Trolleyman wage demands move toward flat $3 day
The trolley workers push for a flat $3 per day wage, replacing the existing $2.50 daily rate. After weeks of union talks, plans to demand the increase and enforce it by potential system tieups are nearly complete. The target lines are all operated by the New York New Haven Hartford system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trolleeymen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
MacDowell Recital Shines at Steinert Hall
Alice MacDowell, pianist, played Mozart Scarlatti Brahms Sterbatcheff Debussy Moszkowski Chopin and Schubert. The performance showcased her enthusiasm and developing artistry with clean expressive playing and strong tone. Her readings of Mozart Chopin and Brahms displayed conviction though minor lapses occurred. An attentive audience heard two Sterbatcheff pieces and a promising young artist on the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinert Hall
Alice MacDoweLl
Mozart
Scarlatti
Brahms
Sterbatcheff
Debussy
Moszkowski
Chopin
Schlozer
Miss MacDowell
Boston City Council Awed by Babson Ruling on Powers
Boston's new City Council faced a sharp limit on its authority over the annual appropriation bill. Corporation Counsel Babson ruled the council has limited powers in this area, sparking talks of appealing to the Supreme Court. Officials will seek a written decision before any court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson
Mitchell
Fitzgerald
Corporation Counsel
Boston
New City
Supreme Court
Carelessness of Bank Men Discussed by Murray
William F. Murray of the Governor's Council spoke to the Jackson Juniors in Charles Town on present day government problems. He noted a special committee investigating the Southbridge Savings Bank crash and urged scrutiny of trustees to avoid public criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Murray
Governor’s Council
Jackson Juniors
Charlestown
Mr. Murray
Southbridge Savings Bank
Labor Leaders c 1910 Frank Moorhouse of Boston Painters Union
Frank Moorhouse born in Bristol England 1878 grew up in Boston and rose from painter to president of Boston Painters Union 11 for seven terms. He serves in multiple labor bodies and will attend the 1910 AFL convention in St Louis. The local union numbers about 1200 members with a 1919 wage scale proposing 20 dollars weekly for house painters and 22.50 for decorators, 44 hour week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. Frank Moorhouse
Boston Painters’ Union 11
Bristol
England
Boston
Moorhouse
Boston Central Labor Union
Building Trades Section
Painters’ District — Council
American Federation of Labor
International Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers and Decorators
Painters’ Brotherhood
American Federation of Jabor
St. Louis
A. F. of L
Brotherhood
Dorchester residents seek better L car service to North Station
About 1000 Dorchester residents sign a petition endorsed by the Harvard Improvement Association and the Women's Club calling for direct L line service to North Station. They request extension of the Hill Franklin street line from Franklin Street to North Station and extension of the Norfolk street line from Dudley/Dudley terminal to North Station, arguing a 7 minute northbound schedule could be achieved from Codman Square with alternating starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester
Harvard Improvement Association
Women’s Club
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Franklin Field
North
Hill- Franklin Street
Franklin Street
North Station
Norfolk Street
Nelson Street
Dudley Street
Codman Square
American Newspaper Annual and Directory Seventeenth Edition
For the thirtieth year the American Newspaper Annual and Directory offers a comprehensive review of the newspaper and magazine field. It merges George F. Rowell's Newspaper Directory with N W Ayer & Son and emphasizes circulation figures. The volume lists daily papers magazines women's publications farm and religious papers with trades groupings and a state map gazetteer showing newspaper towns and local facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Rowell
N. W. Ayer & Son
Philadelphia
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Rockefeller
Mite
W. W. Beers
Paradise Green
Stratford, Conn
William‘ Orr
Ninth St
Oscar Madan
Weymouth
Mass
Mary S. Treanor
Coddington St
Huntington Ave
Mechanics’ Building
Atlantic City
N. J
Tray More Hotel CO
D. Ss. White
Pres
Chas. O. Marquette
Mgr
Sunday Post
NEW Atlantic Cable
Wroth
Carmen
New Haven
BY Olin Downes
Hammar Brothers
Carpenter Morton Company
Hammer Bros
New England
Carpenter-Morton Co
Sudbury Street
Mark
Hammar Bros
Council
Murray
Southbridge
E. Frank Moorhouse
Frank Moorhouse
Boston Painters’ Union
Coats
Dart Cereal CO
Hudson ST. Nly
Flemington
Dart Cereal
TRASS
Dart
Hudson ST
NEW York Mills
Flemington, N
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